Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today said his vice presidential pick would be someone with political experience having the respect to deal with the Senate and the Congress.
After a stunning victory in the Indiana primary that made him the Republican presumptive nominee, 69-year-old Trump did not hint at any names but said most likely his deputy would have political experience.
"Most likely, and it will be probably a person with political experience. Because I mean, while I've been in the world of politics all my life, the business, I will handle so well, we will bring our jobs back and we'll bring our economy back," he said in an interview to ABC News.
"But I would like to have somebody that could truly be good with respect to dealing with the Senate, dealing with Congress, getting legislation passed, working toward something where we're not signing executive orders every three days like President (Barack) Obama does," Trump said.
But at this point he has no names in mind, he said in response to a question.
"Not a name in mind, but I do like the political sphere. I mean, you know, you have the military sphere, you have the political sphere and you have the business. Well, the business, I handle. I think I'm going to be very, very good on the military, to be honest with you. I think that will be the hidden strength," he said.
"And I think probably I would like to go with somebody with great political experience," Trump said.
He said that he would unite the party and would not only be raising funds for the party but also writing big cheques.
"I'll be writing big cheques. I'll be making major contributions to the party," he said.
"So far, I've spent my own money. I think it's listed at USD 44 million, and that has been my own money, and also taken small contributions," he said.
"(Going forward), we will probably take small contributions. We'll take the limits. I don't want big contributions now. People can contribute to the party. There will be a unification, there's no question about it. I'm really looking at small contributions, really not the big ones," Trump said.
Claiming that a number of Republican leaders are calling him to join the "Trump Train", he hoped that his bitter primary rival Senator Ted Cruz from Texas would endorse him.
"I think it would be nice. I've been saying for a long time that there's some people that I almost don't want their endorsement, Republicans, I really don't, because it was too rough and they were too nasty. And I don't think it's going to matter, frankly. It's going to be me," he said.
"And I am a Republican and I'll do a good job. And I'll do a great job on trade and on the economy, on jobs, bringing jobs back. That's -- you know, I'll do great on the military," he said.
